B.J. Novak a confirmed Basterd

According to AICN, B.J. – and I still think that is a susceptible-to-cheap-jokes first name – Novak has signed the contract for co-starring as one of the Inglorious Bastards. We’ll keep you posted about further casting talk (as always we’ll try to separate fact from rumor) as we count down the remaining 7 weeks till principle shooting starts on Quentin’s in-your-face war movie.